To accelerate both individual and organizational talent development, the Driehaus College of Business launched DePaul Executive Education this fall. Program offerings include: Open enrollment, 12-week, noncredit certificate programs for all levels of professionals seeking to upskill or reskill. Programs in business analytics and entrepreneurship will begin this winter and programs in health care management and business administration…
Month: November 2022
DePaul Study Finds Some Banks Seek Political Influence Through Preferred Loan Terms
In 2008, Countrywide Financial, once the largest mortgage lender in the United States, was embroiled in a scandal that caused banks to rethink how they pursue political influence. For several years, Countrywide Financial offered loans with low interest rates and other benefits to members of Congress, congressional officials and directors at the U.S. government-sponsored mortgage…
DePaul Business College Welcomes New Leaders and Faculty Members
Four faculty members have been promoted to academic leadership roles within the Driehaus College of Business this academic year. The new leaders are: Hui Lin, director of the School of Accountancy & MIS. Recognized for her teaching excellence, Lin has expertise in knowledge management, accounting information systems and internal controls. Anthony LoSasso, chair of the…
Driehaus Cup Debuts as Part of New Core Curriculum
Two teams of undergraduate business students have been named co-champions of the inaugural Driehaus Cup, the Driehaus College of Business’s new quarterly business pitch competition, which was held Nov. 16 at the DePaul Lincoln Park Campus Student Center. The competition is the culminating project of the college’s new course, Business 101: Business Fundamentals and the…
Halperin Fund Poised to Invest in DePaul Entrepreneurs
The Halperin Emerging Company Fund has been founded to give DePaul the capital to make equity investments in startups founded by DePaul students and alumni as well as community members. Overseen by the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, the fund will focus on investing in ventures that show potential for growth and job creation. The initiative was…
Blending Business and Mission: Alumna Nicole R. Robinson, CEO of the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
“I was a kid of the four P’s: public school, public libraries, public parks and public safety net programs,” says Nicole R. Robinson (BUS ’92, MBA ’00), a proud Chicago South Sider and the CEO of the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago. From the time that she was a teenager, Robinson had an unflinching curiosity. She…
Olivia Perez: Greenwood Project and DePaul opened “a whole new world for me”
DePaul business major Olivia Perez only started college in September, but she already has a solid base of knowledge about the finance industry, thanks to her participation in summer finance programs hosted by the nonprofit Greenwood Project and DePaul. Two summers ago, a guidance counselor at her high school, De La Salle Institute on the…
Seerat Kaler (BUS ’21): Paying it Forward to Empower Women in Finance
Seerat Kaler (BUS ’21) is the daughter of immigrants who came to the United States from Punjab, an agricultural region in India, seeking to raise their children in a place that they believed would offer more opportunities for success. For Kaler, those opportunities came to fruition at the Driehaus College of Business, where she found…
Expanding the Pipeline of Diverse Business Talent
DePaul collaborates with businesses, non-profits and alumni to empower the career ambitions of underrepresented students While corporate America has made modest gains in diversifying its leadership, women and people of color remain underrepresented in the executive ranks of many industries. Women represent a mere 5% of C-suite leaders, according to the McKinsey-LeanIn.Org Women in…
Collaborations that Empower Student Success
I arrived in Chicago in late June after a 15-hour drive from the East Coast with one of my sons. As we approached the city on I-90, the Chicago skyline came into view, and I became quite emotional. I had been anticipating this moment since my appointment as dean was announced in January, and now…
